I hope you enjoy reading this blog half as much as I enjoy writing it for you.Because I have a ball.

Karola

Thursday, December 27, 2012

random word of the day: A WALLFLOWER

random word of the day:A WALLFLOWER – osoba, która podpiera ściany,
ktoś nieśmiały i małomówny (a shy person who is frightened to get involved in social activities and
does not attract much interest or attention)

(1) – You see things. You understand. You’re a wallflower.

– I didn’t know
anyone noticed me.

(2) It's 1991 and academically precocious, socially awkward
Charlie is a wallflower, always watching from the sidelines, until a pair of charismatic seniorstake him under their wing.

(3) Sam and Patrick note that Charlie is a wallflower,
someone “who sees things and understands”, an observer more than a participant in life.

(4) Charlie is a wallflower. He thinks too much and
speaks too little.

(5) Our little wallflower Charlie spends a lot of time
analyzing, well, everything. He's always in his head, trying to think through
some of life's great mysteries.

(6) Charlie is a freshman.
And while he's not the biggest geek
in the school, he is by no means
popular. Shy, introspective,
intelligent beyond his years yet
socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life
and trying to run from it.

awkward – niezdarny, niezgrabny (not
nowing what to say and how to act in different situations)

from the sidelines – z boku (not actively involved
in something)

a freshman, a sophomore, a junior, a senior –
uczeń 1, 2, 3 i 4 klasy w liceum w Stanach Zjednoczonych lub student 1/2/3/4
roku (a student in the first/second/third/fourth year of high school, college or
university)

to take somebody under your wing –
wziąć kogoś pod swoje skrzydła (to protect and take care of someone)

a participant – uczestnik (a person who takes
part in or becomes involved in a particular activity)

a geek – suchar, nudziarz (an unpopular and boring person)

by no means – w żadnym wypadku (not at all)

introspective – introspekcyjny (examining and
considering your own ideas, thoughts and feelings, instead of talking to other
people about them)

Some of you are
bound tofeel relieved that
Christmas is over and we’re back to the usual randomness on this blog and elsewhere ;) I know part of me is.

Today I wanted to share with you one of the books that
I’ve read this year and since it’s been adapted into a movie and the movie is
pretty great too, I recommend both of them :) Both under the same title: The Perks
of Being a Wallflower.

I’m not going to talk too much about the plot. I think you can get the feel of
what the book and the movie are about from those few excerpts that I’ve selected for you and the movie trailer :) Fun
fact: The author of the book, the screenwriter
and the director of the movie are one person – Stephen Chbosky.

Also, it’s now official: Ezra Miller, who plays
Patrick in the movie and whom we could also see in We Need to Talk About Kevin, has become one of my favourite actors.

Love always,

Karola

be bound to– na pewno coś zrobić (be sure to do
something)

to feel relieved – odczuwać ulgę (to feel happy
about something bad that has not happened or has ended)

elsewhere – w innych miejscach (in
another place/ other places)

perks – korzyści (advantages)

the plot – fabuła (the story of a book,
film, etc.)

a screenwriter – scenarzysta (someone who
writes the story for a film)